Tippecanoe County signs off on new wind farm exemption time limits

Officials signed off on a compromise today that gives wind farm developers interested in Tippecanoe County sites 18 months to get their first generator up and running once their projects are approved.

There was little debate leading up to the unanimous vote by the Tippecanoe County commissioners on the zoning amendment.

"It will give us time to get through the construction period," said Greg Leuchtmann, development manager with Invenergy Wind LLC, a Chicago-based company pursuing a 133-turbine wind farm in southwestern Tippecanoe County.